The octagonal top and pierced base of this tripod table relates to Danish tables, which copy an English prototype. One is illustrated in Aeldre Nordisk Architektur, vol XI (Mobler fra Dansk Vestindien [Furniture from the Danish West Indies]), n.d., p. 54. A pair of similar tripod tables was sold by the Executors of the late Sir Emmanuel Kaye, C.B.E., in these Rooms, 29 November 2001, lot 62 (£11,750) and another related table was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 5 April 2001, lot 212 (£7,637).